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Seeing her surprise, Zhao Ming continued: "I guessed that you chose to return to your hometown, but I didn't expect that you would choose to live in Shangcai. Since you have the ability to be self-reliant in Shangcai, why did you bring Fu Tinghan back? What about Runan, which I’m not familiar with? Luoyang, or even Chang’an, any place is fine.”

Zhao Ming looked at her and said: "The war is just an excuse. With your ability, you should be able to see that the court's departure from Luoyang is only temporary. If you follow the army, with the prestige of the Zhao family and the current power of the clan leader, what you will get The glory will not be less than it is now, and Fu Zhongshu is also among the army."

Zhao Ming didn't think of this before because he didn't know Zhao Hanzhang well enough, but after yesterday, he realized that his niece was smarter and more powerful than he thought, so he had to think of it.

"So I guess what you want to do with the help of the Zhao family," Zhao Ming said: "Since you returned to your hometown, the prestige of the patriarch's family in the clan has gradually declined. Although you are in Shangcai, you have slowly taken over from your grandfather. Prestige in the clan. Sanniang, your great-uncle’s family once treated you like that, didn’t you ever think of taking revenge?”

Zhao Hanzhang was silent for a moment and then smiled brightly at Zhao Ming. She said: "It is true that someone deliberately lured Erlang out of the city. I also remember this hatred, but I know that this enemy is not my great-uncle or uncle."

Zhao Hanzhang lowered his eyes and said: "Although I was injured, fortunately I didn't die, so I won't become a mortal enemy with them. Moreover, I was taught by my grandfather since I was a child. Although I can't be as dedicated to the clan as my uncle, I still can't. He will ignore the interests of his family for the sake of personal grudges."

"What uncle is worried about is not my original intention."

Zhao Ming looked at her seriously, and Zhao Hanzhang also looked back at him seriously, "As for the decline in prestige of my uncle's family," she smiled and said, "Shouldn't I ask my uncle and uncle about this?"

Zhao Ming said nothing.

"Although the position of clan leader has always been held by our direct descendants, there are many clan members and complicated affairs. Managing clan affairs is like managing a country. The clan's aspirations and the aspirations of the people are the same. It can be achieved without compulsory requirements."

"If the royal family cannot win the hearts and minds of the people, it is not far away from the collapse of the country." Zhao Ming said: "Similarly, if the patriarch cannot unite the clan, the Zhao family will also be in danger. In such troubled times, it is difficult for the clan to survive forever. If the hearts of the people are scattered again, I am afraid that the disaster of annihilation is just around the corner."

"My uncle and I have the same view," Zhao Hanzhang said: "But even if I leave Xiping, or even leave Shangcai, will my uncle be able to control the Zhao family and make everyone work as one?"

"Will the fifth uncle really believe in my uncle? And the seventh uncle and the others, can they completely trust my uncle?" Zhao Hanzhang asked: "Can my uncle really protect the Zhao family?"

Zhao Ming remained silent.

Zhao Hanzhang said: "Uncle, you only see the threat I pose to my uncle, but you do not see the threat the world situation poses to the Zhao family, or in other words, the threat the world situation poses to everyone in the world."

"Yesterday's siege of the city will happen again in the future, and it will even be more serious. Can the Zhao family survive in such chaos?" Zhao Hanzhang asked him, "If not, what else can we talk about about the prestige dispute between me and my uncle? mean?"

Zhao Ming was stopped by her question, and he suddenly became excited. He just thought about her question and unexpectedly thought of something incredible.

"You..." Zhao Ming paused, and it took him a while to find the right words to ask her, "Then how do you want to protect the Zhao family?"

Zhao Hanzhang looked at the Xiping County Government Office.

Zhao Ming also looked over and immediately said: "The patriarch's family is still in Luoyang. We, the Zhao family, are also loyal and righteous and must not rebel."

Zhao Hanzhang: "...Who said I was going to rebel?"

She is not stupid. She rebelled at this time. Not to mention the Huns, the King of East China Sea was the first to tolerate her. Anyone who claimed to be a righteous teacher could suppress her.

How hard did she have to think to put herself in such danger?

She said: "Uncle, when outsiders talk about Xiping, they will think of our Zhao family. Even in the entire Runan County, our Zhao family is one of the best."

"What is solidarity? If Xiping dies, our Zhao family will lose its foundation. If our Zhao family dies, Xiping will have no support." Zhao Hanzhang said: "You have also seen the difficulties in Xiping today. Xiping is in danger, and the imperial court is We can only save ourselves if we can’t save them.”

"So I think we need to develop Xiping well. As long as Xiping is strong enough, even if our Zhao family encounters dangers like yesterday, we will not be isolated and helpless and almost exterminated."

Zhao Ming: "Do you want to separate Xiping?"

No, she wanted to segregate Runan County, but it seemed that her ambition was too great, so she said: "How can it be considered a separatist regime? We are still loyal to the Jin Dynasty, but if Xiping is managed by our Zhao family, it is better than having a stranger The county magistrate must be strong, and when it develops, it can also protect Zhao's Wubao."

Zhao Ming is no stranger to separatist regimes. In this era, are there too few wealthy families separatist regimes?

Zhao Ming was extremely entangled, and his mind was divided into two people. One person thought that what Zhao Hanzhang said was right, and the other realized that Zhao Hanzhang's purpose was not that simple.

So the question is, Zhao Hanzhang pulled the boat over to him, should he jump on the boat, or kick off?

Getting on the ship not only meant that Zhao had to take a different path than previously planned, but he also naturally sided with Zhao Hanzhang and was on the opposite side of the clan leader.

This was something he had always been taboo about.

Push the boat away...

Zhao Ming glanced at Zhao Hanzhang. Intellectually, he agreed with Zhao Hanzhang's point of view. Emotionally, he also trusted Zhao Hanzhang's ability and knowledge more.

Obviously he came to ask Zhao Hanzhang, but why was he embarrassed by her in the end?

Zhao Hanzhang did not rush him, but just told him the situation in the county, "Both the Song family and the Chen family were greatly damaged. Song Erlang is both dead. I heard that many members of the clan were also killed."

The Song family and the Chen family are two very big families in Xiping County. Of course, they cannot compare with the Zhao family.

But after all, the three families were also related by marriage. There was a clan member in Zhao's Wubao who married the daughter of two families. Zhao Ming frowned when he heard that the two families had suffered such heavy losses.

"But their family is still doing well. Because they evacuated in time, most of the family members survived. Other families in the city with moderate wealth were almost wiped out."

They didn't have enough servants to protect themselves, and they had a lot of money at home, so they naturally became the focus of the rebel army's looting.

Zhao Hanzhang said: "People with a little wealth have such a hard time living in this world, let alone ordinary people. Uncle, I have been studying under my grandfather's knees since I was a child. I have always believed that the people are the foundation of the country, and we have the ability to protect it." If you have the ability to protect the people of a county, you will naturally protect the people of the county, what do you think?"

The balance in Zhao Ming's heart was completely tilted.